Day in Photos: Sept. 26, 2012

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he sits with his delegation prior to his address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York.

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Tibetans dressed in religious attire play musical instruments as they lead a procession with the portrait of Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama during the ceremonial start of the Second Special General meeting of Tibetans in Dharamshala.

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Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration organized by Spain’s “indignant” protesters to decry an economic crisis they say has “kidnapped” democracy in Madrid. Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets and baton-charged protesters as thousands rallied near parliament in Madrid in anger at the government’s handling of the economic crisis.

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A gust of wind blows Pope Benedict XVI’s collar into his face during his weekly general audience in Saint-Peter’s square at the Vatican.

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An employee carries a painting by French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, entitled “L’Aretin et l’envoye de Charles Quint” (1948), after a news conference at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon, France.

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Egyptian Copt Albert Saber, 27, flashes the V for “victory” sign from inside the holding cage during the opening session of his trial in Cairo, on charges of blasphemy, insulting religions and inciting sectarianism through his Internet postings. Saber denied the accusations, saying he was asked about his faith during questioning, in a case that has raised concerns of freedom of expression.

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A restaurant worker cleans beneath lanterns hanging above a street ahead of the Mid Autumn Festival in Beijing. Traditionally recognized as a symbol of good luck, red lanterns are hung during the Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on the 15th day of the lunar new year, which is to be September 30.

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A woman walks past graffiti along Mohamed Mahmoud street near Tahrir Square in Cairo. The graffiti has existed since November 2011, where some of the fiercest fighting between protesters and security forces took place. The Arabic words read, “Bread, Freedom,Social justice and Glory to the Martyrs.”

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Syrian government troops hold up their rifles in Aleppo, following fighting between the troops and rebel forces. More than two months after the battle for Aleppo began, residents are grumbling about the high cost of the Syrian revolution and accuse rebels of excesses.

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Miniature statues and toys made of rice dough by an artisan (not pictured) are displayed for sale at the mid-Autumn festival’s toy market in downtown Hanoi.

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Office workers are evacuated from their place of employment in York, England, as the River Ouse continues to rise, following the torrential rainfalls of the past few days. People living close to the River Ouse in the York and Selby areas were bracing themselves as water levels continued to rise and the Environment Agency issued a range of flood warnings for the area.

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A man helps up a young woman after she collapsed in grief while visiting a cemetery containing 140 unmarked graves of victims of the 2002 Joola ferry disaster, in Mbao, outside Dakar, Senegal.

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Indian policewoman hit a Kashmiri student protester with batons during a sit-in protest in Srinagar. Indian police in Srinagar on Wednesday used batons to disperse a sit-in protest by female Kashmiri nursing students outside the old secretariat complex. The students were protesting against the results of their third year examinations where most of the students failed.

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A man dressed as cartoon character Bart Simpson passes a billboard as he leaves the underground passage in central Kiev, Ukraine.

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Military cadets march during a parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of North Yemen’s revolution in Sanaa.

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A second Leonardo da Vinci “Mona Lisa” is seen behind a curtain during a preview presentation in Geneva. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, will present the painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrates that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa: the “Earlier Version”, made 10 years earlier than the “Joconde” that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris.

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Men sit in flood waters outside a bar as water levels continue to rise on the River Ouse in York, England.

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People take part in an emergency drill where an airplane is forced to land in the Yangtze River in Shanghai, China. Over 150 volunteers attended the 40-minute drill. It is the first of such exercise in China. The life-size plane was built specifically for the exercise.